In Schools, etc. = half, n. 6b.

A term or session of a court, university, or the like. to keepor hold season. Obsolete.

Michaelmas term.

Law. Each of the four periods in the year (in England and Wales, Hilary, Easter, Trinity, and Michaelmas term: see the first elements), alternating…

a term or session (beginning soon after Michaelmas) of the High Court of Justice in England, and also of various universities and schools.

British. (a) (The name of) one of the terms in the Courts of Law, occurring between Easter and Whitsun, and following Hilary term. (b) (at some…

Name of a term or session of the High Court of Justice in England; and also of one of the university terms at Oxford and Dublin.

(a) Law (the name of) the session of a law court which immediately precedes the summer vacation; (b) (the name, at some universities and schools…

(Formerly only in Scotland and the U.S.) The portion of the academic year during which instruction is given. Also, a portion of the day during which…

= Half-year. (Sometimes applied to a Term, after the new division of the school-year 1865).

A period or term of six months, esp. in German and U.S. universities and colleges, the college half-year.

In University of Cambridge: A term which is not the main one for entering or for taking degrees.

the fourth of the terms or sessions of the High Court of Justice in England: see term, n. 4; since 1873 called officially Trinity Sittings, and…

A short period during the winter of the academic year, part of which is spent by some students on projects away from their school or university.